Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2022 - North America

At the end of each year, we publish compilation articles to identify and analyse the most important legal cases and developments from the world of sports law in 2022.

The articles are comprised of the opinions of leading lawyers and executives from the LawInSport Editorial and Advisory Board.

In this article are the responses from our North American members:

• Jodi S Balsam, Professor Of Clinical Law/Director Of Externship Programs, Brooklyn Law School
  • Changing Sports Media Landscape
  • Sports and Human Rights
  • The Revolution in College Athletes Continues
  • Minor League Baseball Players Unionise
  • Brittney Griner’s Release from Russian Prison
• Jeremi Duru, Professor Of Law, Washington College Of Law American University
  • Brian Flores’ Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against NFL
• Mark Conrad, Director of the Sports Business Concentration & Associate Professor of Law and Ethics, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University (New York)
  • Labour negotiations between Major League Baseball and its Players’ Association
  • LIV Golf Tournament
  • Collective Bargaining Agreement - USWNT
• Glenn Wong, Executive Director, Sports Law & Business, Arizona State University (With the Assistance of Jake Mantin JD & MSLB Candidate at Arizona State University)
  • LIV Golf
  • Investigation of Pro Sport Owners
  • NCAA Changes
• Maureen Weston - Professor Of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School Of Law
  • Student Athletes Right to Unionise
  • Abuse in Professional Sports
  • Sports Betting and Gambling
• Joshua Gordon, Founder, Sports Conflict Institute (SCI)/University Of Oregon
  • Athlete Empowerment
• Christopher Chase, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
  • The Implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its subsequent bankruptcy filing
• Daniel Greene, Attorney, Newman & Lickstein
  • College Athletes another step closer to becoming employees
• Paul Greene, Attorney, Founder, Global Sports Advocates
  • The WADA Code - Eligibility of Minors
  • NCAA Rules - Rights of Student Athletes
• Dr. Thomas A. Baker, Professor, University of Georgia
  • Commercialisation of College Athletes Name, Image & Likeness
• Lindsay Brandon, Director of Safeguarding, Women’s Tennis Association
  • Steven and Jean Lopez v. World Taekwondo (2022)
• Kate Porter, Partner, Head of Sports Practice, Vela Wood P.C
  • The Emergence of LIV Golf

We would like to thank our Editorial and Advisory Board members for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their views with us, and more broadly for their significant input into LawInSport over the course of the year.  Thank you.